Ash-sifter.



W. SADOSKI.

ASH SIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. t7.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

A TTOR/VEY ing an ash sifting WALTER sAnosKI, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ASH-SIFTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER SADosKI, a citizen of the United States, resident of Detroit, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Sifters, which the followin is a specification.

This invention re ates to improvements in ash sifters and receivers and has as its special object the provision of means which may be manually operated in sifting fine ashes from cinders, or coarse, unburnt fragments of the coals in a rapid and convenient manner.

A further object is to provide means which entirely prevent dust and ashes issuing out of the can during the sifting.

A still further object is to provide means whereby the shaker' is held in a stationary position except when manually operated.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevational view showcan made in accordance with the invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2, and,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view, drawn to an enlarged scale, the section being taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings the numeral 10, designates a cylindrical can or tank provided with handles 11, by means of which it may be raised and transported if desired, and a door 12, is hingedly engaged in the lower part of the can, adjacent to the bottom 13, so that ashes and the like may be readily removed.

A cover 1 1, of the usual dome shape, is provided with a downwardlyextending annular flange 15, adapted to closely engage with the upper portion of the can and a handle 16 secured to the cover for obvious purposes, all of the foregoing construction being that of the usual type of cans used for like purposes.

Secured to the inner wall of the can 10, is a rigid bracket 20, and hingedly engaged therein by the pin 21, is one of the arms of a star shaped spider 22, the extending Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application filed AprillY, 1918. Serial No. 229,027..

ends of which act as a support for a cylindrical shaper 23, the top of which is substantially level with the upper edge of the can, so that whenthe cover is removed its, ashes or other articles to be sifted may be 'readil entered within the shaker, which is provi ed with a meshed or netted bottom 24 having openings of any preferred size. Rigidly engaged with the opposite outer end of the arm engaged in the bracket 20, is the inner end of a spindle 25, the same passing through a horizontal slot 26, formed in the opposite side of the can, the spindle having an enlarged outer end or head 27, engaged within a handle 28, slidably arranged thereon, and held in operative position by a screw 29, the lower end of which operates in a groove 30, in the spindle head 27.

Also rigidly engaged upon the spindle 25, is a collar 32, against which one end of a coiled spring 33 presses, the opposite, inner end of the spring abutting against an arcuately curved plate, 35, adapted to cover the slot 26, at all times, and in order to prevent the plate and spindle from moving at undesired times, pins 36, are fixed in its inner side the same being engageable within appropriate openings formed to the walls of the can 10, closely adjacent to the opening through which the spindle 25 passes.

In order to retract the pins 36 from their openings so as to permit operation of the spindle 25 within the slot, other pins 38, are engaged upon opposite outer sides of the plate 35, at one end and in the handle 28, at the other end, so that as the handle is withdrawn, the plate is brought outwardly, freeing the pins 36 and compressing the spring 33, which, when the handle is free or released, presses the plate firmly against the casing, closing the opening 26. In operation, when it is desired to sift ashes, the cover is removed and ashes placed within the shaker 23, whereupon the cover is replaced, the handle 28 drawn outwardly, freeing the cover plate 35 and permitting the handle to be oscillated back and forth to the entire limit of the slot and obviously, as the spindle 25 is rigidly engaged with the spider arms 22, the shaker will be moved back and forth within the can, causing its contents to be agitated and shaken so that the finer particles will drop through the meshed bottom, while the larger particles In an ash Sifter of the character described, the combination With a cylindrical vessel,

having a horizontal slot intermediate its ends, of a'shaker pivoted therein at a point beyond its periphery, a spindle attached to said shaker opposite to said pivotal point, and. extending through said horizontal slot,

a collar on said spindle, a curved plate adapted to cover said horizontal slot at all times, a springbetween the collar and said plate, pins on the inner end of said spindle,

engaglng appropriate openings in the Wall of the can and pins on both sides ofsaid plate engaging With one end said plate and at'theother'said:hand1e, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof signature. I

WALTER sA osKL Gopiesof this-patent may be obtained'for five cents each, .by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.? i I I have afliXedamy 

